[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1335 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1335

To provide that the production safety systems rule and the well control 
  rule in section 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, shall 
have the same force and effect of law as if such rules had been enacted 
             by an Act of Congress, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2019

Ms. Barragan (for herself, Mr. Price of North Carolina, and Mr. Crist) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that the production safety systems rule and the well control 
  rule in section 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, shall 
have the same force and effect of law as if such rules had been enacted 
             by an Act of Congress, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Coasts, Oceans, And Seaside 
Towns Act'' or the ``Safe COAST Act''.

SEC. 2. FORCE AND EFFECT OF PRODUCTION SAFETY SYSTEMS RULE AND THE WELL 
              CONTROL RULE.

    Subparts D, E, F, G, H, and Q of section 250 of title 30, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2018), shall have the 
same force and effect of law as if such subparts had been enacted by an 
Act of Congress.

SEC. 3. STUDY ON BSEE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS INSPECTION 
              PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall contract with the National 
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete, not later 
than 21 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the study 
entitled ``Review and Update of Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program'' that 
the Secretary of the Interior had previously contracted with the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete.
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